Nearly 13,000 fans piled into Assembly Hall to see JuJu Watkins and No. 5 USC. Though the Trojans had trouble with play calls, they applauded the atmosphere and support.
Here's the full transcript of Teri Moren's press conference after the Indiana women's basketball team lost 73-66 to No. 4 USC Sunday at Assembly Hall.
Indiana women’s basketball hosted No. 4 USC inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday looking to rebound from a 14-point loss on its home floor just three days ago. Despite the Hoosiers leading by double digits in the first half and by 4 points in the fourth quarter, they fell 73-66 to the Trojans in Bloomington.
Battered for the second game in a row — losing by 25 or more points in consecutive matchups for the first time since 2008 — Indiana basketball was sinking.
However, the heavy snow total should not impede fans who have parking passes for Indiana's Wednesday evening men's basketball game against Southern California at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Indiana will try to bounce back from Saturday's 85-60 loss to Iowa when it hosts Illinois tonight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Head coach Teri Moren mentioned after the loss to Illinois that the Hoosiers lack of intensity in practice stalled their performance against the Fighting Illini. On Sunday, Indiana was up 11 in the first half against USC and maintained a 4-point lead in the final frame. But when it mattered, Indiana just couldn’t get that finishing blow.
A late-game fracas in the Illinois vs. Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball game led to the ejection of Indiana's Oumar Ballo.
The new Big Ten teams have made the conference race that much more challenging. This time, JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC come to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana men’s basketball faces Northwestern at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday. As Hoosiers On SI wrote on Monday, Woodson will try again for his first win against the Wildcats.
Since Big Ten play has resumed, Mackenzie Mgbako has not taken the ball to the rim nearly as often as he did early in the season.
Indiana head coach Mike Woodson, who met with reporters Tuesday morning over Zoom, implied Reneau and Tucker are questionable for the Hoosiers’ 7 p.m. tipoff Wednesday against Northwestern inside Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois.